CVE-2009-3953 in OpenSuse and Suse Products
Published on January 13, 2010
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Adobe Acrobat and Reader Universal 3D Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Adobe Acrobat and Reader contains an array boundary issue in Universal 3D (U3D) support that could lead to remote code execution.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by June 22, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2009-3953 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2009-3953 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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